Lyndon B. Johnson Vietnam Quotations

We still seek no wider war.

Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective - taking over the South by force - could not be achieved.

I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.

When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner.